– Dubai experienced unprecedented flooding last week due to torrential rains, recording a year’s worth of rain in just 12 hours. Nearby areas saw almost 2 years’ worth of rain in under 24 hours.
– Satellite imagery from NASA’s Landsat 9 shows large pools of floodwater still present in Dubai and Abu Dhabi days after the rains stopped. The water appears as deep blue contrasting with the normally dry land.
– The flooding was caused by a large storm system that brought heavy rainfall to the UAE and Oman, causing deadly flooding in parts of Oman as well.
– Climate change is leading to more extreme rainfall as a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. Dry areas like the UAE lack infrastructure to handle intense rains, making flooding more severe.
– Satellite images provide a glimpse of the extent of flooding left behind by the record rainfall event in the UAE, the heaviest in over 75 years of records for the country.
Source: cnn
